Sled.



S. L. ALLEN.

SLED.

APPLIQATION FILED D3014, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

ILVVENTOR.

WITNESSES.-

particular relation UNITED STATES PATEnT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. ALLEN, OF MOOBESTOWN, JERSEY.

SLED.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, I, SAMUEL L. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moore'stown, in'the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'sleds, and it has to the means for supportingthe deck of the sled upon the runners thereof.

My invention contemplates a unitary supporting standard which may beinexpensively formed will be light. yet strong and rigid and will resistthe varied stresses to which structures of this character are subjectedwhen in use.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be morereadily understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figune 1.is an interior side elevation of the supporting standard, enlarged, saidstandard constituting the principal novel element of my present1nvent-ion;.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the supporting standard shownin Fig. 1; Figs. 3, 4, 5, and are sections respectively taken on theline i-6 7-7, 8-8, and 99 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7

i is a similar section taken on the line 10-10 transverse bars of Fig.2. Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the sled showing the standard asattached to the body and runners of the sled.

Referring to the drawings, in the particular embodiment of my inventiontherein shown, 11 is the deck of the sled which is mounted on thetransverse supporting bars 12 which are in turn supported by thestandards 13 upon the runners 14. The supporting standards 13 are themembers which constitute the principal novel element of my presentinvention, and consist of sheet metal. devices each comprising aflat topportion 15 adapted to be secured to the 12 upon whichthe deck 11 issupported, and having two diverging leg portions 16 extending from theouter part of said flat portion 15, which leg portions 16-aresubstantially V shaped in cross section throughout their length. The legportions 16 have "bifurcated portions 17 at their lowermost extremitieswhich are apertured as at 18 to provide means for" riveting or otherwisesecuring the said extremities of the leg portions 16 to the runners 14.-.As.

Specification of Letters Yatent. Application filed December 14, 1912.Serial No. 736,759.

from sheet metal, and which Patented Jin 1, 1913.

before stated the leg portions 16 'are V shaped in cross-section havingas shown in Figs. 6,. 7 and 8 an upper narrow web 19 from which extendrespectively the outerside wing 20 and the inner-side wing 21. The underopen or channeled side of the diverging wings 20 and 21 increases inwidth from the bottom of the leg upward and the outer wing 20 mergesinto a small lip 22. at the outer edge of the fiat top portion 15, whilethe inner wing 21 merges into a depending wall 23 extending downwardlyfrom the inner partof the side margins of the flat top portion 15. Thesewalls 23 also merge into a lip 24 at the inner extremity of said flattop portion 15. The margins of the inside wall 21 of each leg portion 16and the downwardly extending wall 23 are provided with a continuouslyextending outwardly turned lip or flange 25. The flange 25 following thecontour of the margin of said wing 21, the margin of wing 23 in acontinuous unitary form serve to render the entire standard 16 extremelyrigid and stiff, enabling it to resist the torsional and otherstresses-which occur in various. directions during the use of coastingsleds of the character for which this device is primarily designed,thereby enabling the standard to be made lighter and dispensing withadditional braces which would constitute an obstruction against the freepassage of the sled through soft snow or the like. 1

Having thus described the nature and characteristic features of myinvention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is1.. Ina sled, the means for supportin the deck upon the runnerscomprising stan ards formed from sheet metal and each having a flat topportion, and two diverging leg portions extending therefrom, said legportions being V shaped in cross-section and having an outwardly turnedlip or flange on one of the wings of the section.

2. In .a sled, the means for supporting the deck upon the runnerscomprising standards formed from sheet metal and each having aflat topportion, twddiverging leg portions extending from the outer part of saidtop portion, walls extending downwardly from the. inner part of said topportion, the leg portions being V shaped in cross-section and or flangeextendi g from the margins of said wing and wall.

3. In a sled, the means for supporting the deck upon the runnerscomprising standards formed from sheetmetal and each having a flat topportion, two diverging leg portions extending from the outer part ofsaid top portion, walls extending downwardly from the inner part of-saidtop portion, the log portions being V shaped in cross-section and eachhaving one of the Wings ofthe section merging into one of saiddownwardly extending walls, and a continuous outwardly turned lip orflange extending from and following the contour of the margins of said15 wing and Wall.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL L. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD W. BURT,

A. L. JACOBY.

